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The election is days away, and it's time to decide where you stand on the important issues.
No, we're not talking about health care, education or the economy — we're talking about the freedom to grow your hair and the freedom to make a team full of dudes. Most importantly, the freedom to bring your pets to work!
The Voice's Adam Levine talks new knockout rounds, X Factor and Season 4
While that might not be on President Barack Obama or Governor Mitt Romney's platforms for next Tuesday's general election, these are all big priorities to Team CeeLo on The Voice. After the knockout rounds conclude Tuesday, viewers will be asked to vote for the singers they want to stay in the competition. After selecting his five team members Monday, CeeLo is wasting no time getting his message out there.
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Newswise — University of Chicago scientists will demonstrate how to incinerate a white dwarf star in unprecedented detail at the "Paths to Exploding Stars" conference on Thursday, March 22, in Santa Barbara, Calif. White dwarf stars pack one and a half times the mass of the sun into an object the size of Earth. When they burn out, the ensuing explosion produces a type of supernova that astrophysicists believe manufactures most of the iron in the universe. But these type Ia supernovas, as they are called, may also help illuminate the mystery of dark energy, an unknown force that dominates the universe. "That will only be possible if we can gain a much better understanding of the way in which these stars explode," said Don Lamb, Director of the University of Chicago's Center for Astrophysical Thermonuclear Flashes. The Flash Center has been simulating exploding stars since 1997 with funding from the Office of Advanced Simulation and Computing of the National Nuclear Security Administration. Scientists for years have attempted to blow up a white dwarf star by writing the laws of physics into computer software and then testing it in simulations. At first the detonations would only occur if inserted manually into the programs. Then the Flash team naturally detonated white dwarf stars in simplified, two-dimensional tests, but "there were claims made that it wouldn't work in 3D," Lamb said. But in January, the Flash Center team for the first time naturally detonated a white dwarf in a more realistic three-dimensional simulation. The simulation confirmed what the team already suspected from previous tests: that the stars detonate in a supersonic process resembling diesel-engine combustion. Unlike a gasoline engine, in which a spark ignites the fuel, compression triggers ignition in a diesel engine. "You don't want supersonic burning in a car engine, but the triggering is similar," said Dean Townsley, a Research Associate at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics at Chicago. The temperatures attained by a detonating white dwarf star makes the 10,000-degree surface of the sun seem like a cold winter day in Chicago by comparison. "In nuclear explosions, you deal with temperatures on the order of a billion degrees," said Flash Center Research Associate Cal Jordan. The new 3D white dwarf simulation shows the formation of a flame bubble near the center of the star. The bubble, initially measuring approximately 10 miles in diameter, rises more than 1,200 miles to the surface of the star in one second. In another second, the flame crashes into itself on the opposite end of the star, triggering a detonation. "It seems that the dynamics of the collision is what creates a localized compression region where the detonation will manifest," Townsley said. This process plays out in no more than three seconds, but the simulations take considerably longer. The Flash Center team ran its massive simulation on two powerful supercomputers at Lawrence Livermore and Lawrence Berkeley national laboratories in California. Just one of the jobs ran for 75 hours on 768 computer processors, for a total of 58,000 hours. "I cannot say enough about the support we received from the high-performance computing teams at Lawrence Livermore and Lawrence Berkeley national laboratories," Lamb said. "Without their help, we would never have been able to do the simulations." The simulations are so demanding—the Flash team calls it "extreme computing" —that they monopolize powerful computers of the national lab during the allocated time. To ensure that these computers are used to their maximum potential, the Flash team stands on alert to rapidly correct any glitches that may arise. "We have it set up so that if something goes wrong, text messages are sent out instantaneously to everyone," said Flash Center Research Scientist Robert Fisher. "It's like being a doctor on call 24/7." But the scientific payoff for logging these long, stressful hours is potentially huge. Astrophysicists value type Ia supernovas because they all seem to explode with approximately the same intensity. Calibrating these explosions according to their distance reveals how fast the universe has been expanding at various times during its long history. In the late 1990s, supernova measurements revealed that the expansion of the universe is accelerating. Not knowing what force was working against gravity to cause this expansion, scientists began calling it "dark energy." The Flash Center simulations may help astrophysicists make better calibrations to adjust for the minor variation that they believe occurs from one supernova to the next. "To make extremely precise statements about the nature of dark energy and cosmological expansion, you have to be able to understand the nature of that variation," Fisher said. Telescopic images of the two supernovas closest to Earth seem match the Flash team's findings. The images of both supernovas show a sphere with a cap blown off the end. "In our model, we have a rising bubble that pops out of the top. It's very suggestive," Jordan said. Support for the simulations to be presented at Santa Barbara was provided by two separate DOE programs: the Advanced Simulation and Computing program of the National Nuclear Security Administration, which has provided funding and computer time to the Flash Center for nearly a decade, and INCITE (Innovative and Novel Computation Impact on Theory and Experiment) of the Office of Science, which has provided computer time.
This finding is likely to be controversial. Opposition is likely to come from Stan Woosley, UC Santa Clara, and Wolfgang Hillebrandt of the max Plank Institute for Astrophysics in Germany. They, along with astronomers who can address how the Chicago simulation matches observations, will all be at the Paths to Exploding Stars conference with Don this week in Santa Barbara.
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Alumni Weekend Celebrates Graduates and Distinguished GuestsMonday, July 7th, 2014
SUNY Canton's Alumni Weekend will feature two dedication ceremonies and seven new Hall of Fame inductees July 18 to 20.
"This year's celebration is of great importance to the college," said Director of Alumni Affairs Peggy S. Levato. "We will recognize a great alumnus, our Greek organizations and many people who have made substantial contributions to the north country community."
The Center for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technologies Building will be renamed in honor of one of the college's most generous patrons at 10:30 a.m. Friday, July 18. John L. Halford Sr., a 1949 graduate, has made a series of donations to the college. He most recently contributed funding for an equipment endowment in the Air Conditioning Engineering Technology program. Halford is a member of the New York State Senate Veteran's Hall of Fame who served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II.
The college's oldest sorority has raised more than $31,000 to rename the atrium of SUNY Canton's dining hall as part of their centennial anniversary. Pi Nu Epsilon will dedicate the space at 3 p.m. Saturday, July 19, in Chaney Dining Center. The building is named for Mary Adele Chaney, a former professor of domestic science who was instrumental in starting Pi Nu Epsilon.
Brothers from Alpha Theta Gamma, the college's oldest fraternity, will join their sisters from Pi Nu Epsilon. The Delta Kappa Sigma fraternity and the Delta Sigma Tau sorority will be celebrating their 35th anniversaries during the weekend celebration.
The annual Hall of Fame ceremony will be held at 6 p.m. on Friday in the Miller Campus Center, Woodcock Conference Suites. The 2014 inductees are:
Thomas W. Duda taught business at SUNY Canton for 28 years. He received the Distinguished Faculty Award in 1992 and emeritus status in 2008. After retirement, he continued to teach as an adjunct until his death in 2012. Dr. Duda was very respected by his students and colleagues and he made countless educational contributions and helped many students during his tenure.
Betty J. Evans is an avid supporter of education, health care, her church and the community in the North Country. She created an endowed scholarship in 2011 to honor the memory of her son, Perry Evans. She taught 5th through 12th grade students with disabilities for 18 years.
Linda L. Fay dedicated 30 years to teaching, academic duties and administrative functions for the Nursing program. She received SUNY's Chancellor's Awards for Excellence in teaching and SUNY Canton's Distinguished Faculty award. Mrs. Fay served as a role model for faculty throughout the college.
John T. Henderson, class of 1952, graduated from ATI with a degree in Drafting. He was responsible for an addition to the science building, expansion of athletic facilities, and creation of facilities master plan at Jefferson Community College. Mr. Henderson continues to support SUNY Canton.
Aaron J. and Doris H. Lasher were owners and operators of Aaron J. Lasher Plumbing and Heating in Heuvelton, New York. Mrs. Lasher established the Aaron J. Lasher Scholarship in memory of her husband. Mr. Lasher served as a volunteer firefighter, church trustee, member and chairman of various Heuvelton and Oswegatchie Boards and the scoutmaster of Heuvelton's Boy Scout Troop nine for 23 years.
Jean M. Poticher, class of 1944, worked at Canton College for 28 years. In 1961 she served as Assistant Food Service Manager before becoming Dining Hall Manager in 1971. She was promoted to Food Service Director in 1983. She was a dedicated worker who provided outstanding service to the college.
T. Urling and Mabel B. Walker are generous contributors to the Canton College Foundation. Mrs. Walker has been active in the healthcare field and helped start Hospice in Jefferson County. Mr. Walker was one of the founding members of the Jefferson Community College Foundation in 1979. He served as mayor of Watertown from 1983 to 1991. They are well known throughout Northern New York for their philanthropic efforts.
For more information on the weekend's events, or to register, contact the Office of Alumni Affairs at 315-386-7127or 800-811-6727.
About SUNY Canton
SUNY Canton is Northern New York's premier college for career-driven bachelor's degrees, associate degrees and certificate programs. The college delivers quality hands-on programs in engineering technology, health, management and public service. Faculty members are noted for their professional real-world experience in addition to outstanding academic credentials. SUNY Canton OnLine offers hundreds of flexible and convenient courses as well as eight exclusively online bachelor's degrees. The college's 14 athletic teams compete as provisional members of the NCAA Division III and the USCAA.


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Gentle Yoga with Helena Svedin
November 18, 2019 @ 9:30 am - 10:30 am
An event every week that begins at 9:30 am on Monday, repeating until May 25, 2020
Greenwich Botanical Center, in accordance with the Town's mandate, is now closed to the public. This will remain in effect until further notice; all GBC events and classes through May 20th are suspended. Town updates on the Covid-19 response can be found here.
Enjoy 1-hour sessions of healing yoga with certified Positive Psychology Coach and Yoga teacher, Helena Svedin.
Classes are weekly from September 9-June 30.
No class on: Feb 17 and May 25.
"The highest form of spiritual practice is self-observation without judgment" Swami Kripalu
The practice of yoga originates from India and is thousands of years old. Yoga is about controlling the thought waves in the mind. The mind is like an ever-flowing river, filled with rocks and bumps. The purpose of yoga is to train the mind to step out of the river and help break the mind's cycle of happiness followed by pain and suffering. In order to overcome this, yoga teaches us to slow down the waves in the mind until the mind-lake is calm without any waves and we can see clearly our true nature – radiant Awareness.
We do this by learning about the yamas and niyamas. We practice asana and pranayama. Eventually we learn to direct the movement of the senses inward – pratyahara. In dharana we learn to collect the flow of consciousness into a single direction. With time and practice this becomes effortless – dhyana. Eventually, we may enter into the state of samadhi, which is the intimate joining of self, object and the communication between them.


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Maine woman sues landlord charged with shooting her and killing her son and his girlfriend
ALFRED, Maine (AP) � A 44-year-old Biddeford woman has filed a lawsuit seeking at least $1 million in damages from the landlord who allegedly shot her twice before fatally shooting her teenage son and her son's girlfriend.
The Portland Press Herald (http://bit.ly/WTLMg7 ) says Susan Johnson has filed a 22-page complaint against 74-year-old James Pak and his wife, Armit Pak, for intentional infliction of emotional distress and other counts stemming from the Dec. 29 shootings and months of harassment leading up to that day.
Pak is charged with murder in the deaths of 19-year-old Derrick Thompson and his girlfriend, 18-year-old Alivia Welch. Johnson and her son rented an apartment connected to Pak's house in Biddeford.
Police say Pak shot the three inside the apartment following an argument about late rent, snow shoveling and parking.
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Birmingham City – 1
Nottingham Forest – 2
I've been guilty of re-using headlines before, hence the part two – because this isn't the first time I've succumbed to this bad pun. If you read my preview for this, I held out little or no hope for us getting a win – so hats off to Steve Cotterill, his staff and the players for getting a deserved win against a team yet to taste defeat at home this season. Against a manager who hadn't experienced defeat at all at home in The Championship.
With Coventry and Millwall picking up rare wins elsewhere and Bristol City losing it's been most beneficial to snag three points – other relegation battlers Doncaster and Pompey only picked up a point elevating us to the lofty heights of 20th, leapfrogging Bristol City. We are still three points from the drop zone – Coventry now making a bid to get away from it. So whilst two straight wins have made me a bit giddy, it's still all to do to maintain our position of safety.
Like many others my patience with Cotterill was all but run out – but to be fair to him he's oft spoken of balance and I can see in his acquisitions that he's striven to try to deliver that. I still think he could've fielded a team like this sooner, though:
Gunter Chambers Higginbotham Elokobi
McCleary Moussi Guedioura Reid
Tudgay Blackstock
Four four two, left footers on the left, right footers on the right, a ball winner and a playmaker in the middle – on paper I'd question the partnership up front but Tuds and Dex are undoubtedly our hardest workers up front. With just shy of 1,500 Forest fans able to make a racket in a largely sombre St. Andrews, the stage was set for a potential upset – the unbeaten home record up against the, well, mostly awful away record!
It was the Blues who put the pressure on early doors – but for all their possession and territory they struggled to fashion any real opportunities and slowly by surely Forest started to find their feet and begin to dominate proceedings. The first chance for us came when Gunter – still getting forward eagerly despite being back in defence – crossed in to Tudgay who couldn't get a decent connection. The clearance found McCleary who crossed in to Blackstock who also couldn't convert into a goalscoring chance.
The Reds notched up the first chance on target too – Myhill needed to be on his toes to deal with Moussi's effort from 25 yards, largely down to the deflection that threatened to wrong-foot him. Just as things were looking on the up we saw Danny Higginbotham take to the ground with what looked like a hamstring injury, fortunately we had Joel Lynch on the bench who took his place – fingers cross Danny's injury isn't serious, though.
Then a goal! A break from Tudgay saw the ball end up out on the right, one of those driven crosses you quite often see from McCleary came in from the right, but unusually a Forest striker was gambling at the near post (which we don't normally see!) – Dex battled with the defender as the ball came in and got a toe on it to put it in high by the near post – his first goal since the day he was clobbered at Cardiff back in October 2010. What a moment!
Forest were clearly feeling more confident – and were playing some nice stuff too. Guedioura came so close to a 25 yarder but was just wide (I really hope he gets one of those before the end of the season, I just want to see his reaction to it!). There were no real wobbles right through 'til half time with the Reds in control and went in to the break with a deserved lead – the home side to boos from the sparsely populated home crowd.
It's fair to say the spirit around the away end was rather more buoyant than we've experienced in a while. Not just a spirited performance but also with a degree of composure and skill to boot. It certainly made the half time pints and pies go down much more easily – the second half looked forward to and dreaded in equal measure as we've struggled in recent weeks to have two good halves in a game.
Early indications were good from us – Guedioura played the ball forward to Tuds who chested it rather heavily up into the air, so before he could work a way to cause some damage Jonathan Spector was able to get it clear. The home side started to put Forest under pressure finally. Former Reds striker "She said no" Marlon King getting an opportunity in the box but Camp was able to make the save at the expense of a corner.
The pressure did tell though – Jailbird Marlon did well in a battle with Elokobi who really ought to have seen the ball out for a goalkick, it was a good layback to Chris Burke but – again – defensively we should be closing down on the edge of the area quicker – a brilliant finish from the winger curling into the top corner giving Camp no chance. Decent goal, but preventable. I suppose any goal is preventable. It was a worrying time.
We didn't really need to worry, as it turned out – it wasn't long before the McCleary-Blackstock combination once again struck gold. A dangerous ball in from the winger wasn't easy for Dex to control, but he hung a foot out to bring the ball down before swivelling and smashing it into the goal from around eight yards before of course celebrating wildly infront of the travelling Forest fans.
As you would expect, Birmingham did come back at us and it was a nervy finish – David Murphy should have done much better for the home side when he was completely unmarked at the far post, putting it over. Groper King did well to get past Chambers but couldn't beat Camp who parried his effort away. Moments later he played it back to Redmond who missed the target from 25 yards, and again an effort from King brought Camp into action.
Relief came for the Reds when Tudgay broke down the left to win us a corner, as Forest tried to run the clock down Moussi looked to have secured the points from 25 yards but with Myhill beaten he'd only found the side-netting. The home side built up further pressure, whilst Forest tried to get the pressure off – Reid and Guedioura working well. Steve Cotterill wound down the clock further by introducing Anderson for McCleary and shortly after Wootton for Reid.
Birmingham's pressure almost bore fruit – Keith Fahey curled a cracking effort off the crossbar – had the linesman been Russian then he might just have given a goal anyway, as it transpired it fell for Curtis Davies who looked to have beaten the despairing dive of Lee Camp, but put his effort just wide. Five minutes of stoppage time felt like an age, but we saw it out and snagged three absolutely vital points. What a relief!
There were some big celebrations at the away end and perhaps the opportunity for the players and fans to bond a little again after a tricky run. We were also treated to the terrifying sight of George 'the Hulk' Elokobi with his shirt off – the man is an absolute beast! A trip to bogey team Barnsley next week – could be a challenge, but certainly feeling cautiously more optimistic than before. Now I'm off to take my hangover for a carvery!
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Shamrock Biscuits
Just the right mix of seasonings flavors these simple-to-fix-biscuits baked by the CT home economists. Garlic, Parmesan cheese and oregano add a tasty twist to standard refrigerated dough. And using a cookie cutter to form shamrocks gives the a festive flair for gatherings all through spring.
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- 1 tube (16.3 ounces) large refrigerated flaky biscuits
- 1/4 cup butter, melted
- 2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1/4 teaspoon dried oregano
- Cut biscuits into shamrock shapes with a 2-in. cookie cutter or knife; discard trimmings. Place biscuits on an ungreased baking sheet.
- Bake at 375° for 11-15 minutes or until golden brown. Combine remaining ingredients; brush over warm biscuits.
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Admittedly, I know very little about the print-making process. I usually order my prints by uploading my digital files to MyPhotopipe or Mpix – and I'm plenty happy with those results. However, I'm always intrigued by those who make their own prints and the processes they use to get from digital files to finished prints.
The above video comes from Randy Hufford, a Hawaii-based photographer with a wealth of knowledge and skill in getting those finished prints just right. In the video, Randy discusses embellishing for canvas prints and how that process is used to add value to his images. The coating that he uses comes from Premier Imaging Products and produces some interesting results.
Check out the video and let the rest of us know how you add value or something extra to your finished prints. I would be particularly interested in hearing from anyone that uses embellishing or similar finishing processes in their prints.
Also, you should seriously check out Randy's site. There's a lot of great content on there, particularly with regard to spicing up your prints.


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LOS ANGELES, April 28 (UPI) -- Donald Trump has weighed into the ongoing Donald Sterling saga, claiming that the beleaguered Los Angeles Clippers owner was "set up" by his then-girlfriend, identified as V. Stiviano.
Trump stopped by Fox News's Fox & Friends on Monday, where he conceded that Sterling's alleged racist comments were "despicable."
But Trump also directed some of the blame toward Stiviano, the woman speaking to Sterling on the audio recording published by TMZ and Deadspin over the weekend.
"He got set up by a very, very bad girlfriend, let's face it," Trump said.
"She's called the girlfriend from hell, but what he said was terrible and despicable and very strong action is going to be taken. There's no question about it," he continued. "She's a terrible human being and he gave horrible answers and disgusting answers."
A source connected with Stiviano told TMZ that Sterling knew he was being recorded and that Stiviano often taped their conversations "as his archivist."


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Dancor Transit is ready to help you grow. We're not just another "trucking company," but rather an expanding, family-owned, family-operated business offering the over-the-road experience, hands-on management and personalized service that's been pleasing our valued customers since 1983.
On DancorTransit.com, you'll learn who we are and how we can help keep your business moving through 26 states hauling general commodities. If you're a professional driver, you'll find out why Dancor Transit is a great place to work. We'll also tell you a little about our founder, Dan Bearden, who still oversees day-to-day operations.


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Roth 401(K) or Traditional 401(K): Which One Is Better for You?
A few years ago, my wife's employer started to offer Roth 401(K) together with the traditional, pre-tax 401(K) plan. At that time we decided to continue funding the pre-tax 401(K) account and not contribute to the Roth account for the same reason I used to not covert existing Traditional IRA accounts into Roth. As you […]Read more


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The War on Women is entering its second year, and the inside of our pants have transformed into trenches full of men intensely interested in what goes on in there. One reader, inspired by heroine of heroine's Leslie Knope, has a message for those men interested in legislating ladyparts.
The Parks & Recreation inspired art lovingly renders Ms. Knope in a familiar stance— standing up to the people who want to keep her down. Rock on, Knope, and rock on, talented and artistic reader Swimmingtrunks.


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Our little town's Christmas lighting ceremony, in which the mayor turns on for the season the lights that extend from the courthouse to the roofs off all the buildings on all four sides of the town square, as well as the seasonal streetlights and the Christmas trees sponsored by various charities, has something for every kid. If you're a big kid who's way into the lights and the ceremony and the festivity, then that's what you've got in spades:
However, even if you're a little kid, and you're mostly just about "What is going on right NOW and how will affect ME?"...well, the guy who hands out the programs also has an ample supply of candy canes:We actually stayed in town for Thanksgiving in part, this year, so that Matt could go into work on Friday and save that extra vacation day. However, the Alumni Association unexpectedly (at least to Matt--I'm never quite sure how knowledgeable he is about basic company info like that) closed its offices on Friday, so we've had an extra-long holiday with our man, and we have all been THRILLED. The weekend's not even over, and not only has he cleaned the gutters and enabled me to go shopping ALONE and put up all the Christmas lights, but I can tempt him into staying up late with me much easier with nowhere to be the next day, and he can tempt me into goofing off for long periods of time much easier, knowing he'll be around to help out later.
Matt and I together are even bigger nerds than we are apart, so when we all got out the girls' ridiculously large number of building blocks (seriously, it's ridiculous, and yet if I walked into a Goodwill 50%-off storewide sale tomorrow and saw another thousand, I'd buy them in a heartbeat), while the girls did normal stuff, like build themselves a block city with block buildings and block people and block cars--
--Matt and I had to use the crazy-fancy Kapla blocks I bought years ago at a Wonderlab sale (if you're a block nerd like us, Kapla blocks are where it's AT!) to build a tower that touched the ceiling:Seriously, it touched the ceiling. Here's the view from up there, courtesy of Matt standing on a chair and holding the camera up above his head:I wanted to leave our tower up all night, but Matt feared a middle-of-the-night bathroom trip or curious cat rub that would cause everyone in the house to bolt upright in their beds, so here's the rapid-shot view from my camera, which can take several photos per second:
My favorite part is the expression on Matt's face. Yeah, if he's going to look like that and he KNEW the crash was coming, we were right not to risk a middle-of-the-night demolition.
Saturday, November 28, 2009
A Family Block-Building Enterprise
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Adopt me. I want to live at your house and be a kid again.
Wow - to the ceiling! A feat attempted many times at our house, but never accomplished. The crashing part, however, we have down pat, even the "brush-by-the-cat" in the middle of the night technique. And yes, it will send every person in the house flying out of bed, some of them screaming (me) because they sleep like rocks except when four kids and a husband are suddenly yelling "What was THAT?" and jumping on the bed at the same time.
- November 29, 2009 at 8:30 AM
P.S. The cat did it on purpose.
- November 29, 2009 at 8:31 AM
- julie said...
Oooh, and plays the piano in the middle of the night, too?!?
- August 22, 2010 at 5:07 PM
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Tyelkormo was the mother-name of the third son of Fëanor. It means "Hasty-riser" and it is a reference to his quick temper.[1]
In Middle-earth, his name was Sindarinized as Celegorm.
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The name is composed of three elements: tyelk- "swift" + óre "rising" + -mo "-er"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "XI. The Shibboleth of Fëanor", The names of the Sons of Fëanor with the legend of the fate of Amrod, p. 353


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One of four sites under the Saxon Museum of Industry umbrella, Chemnitz Museum of Industry is housed inside a former foundry.
A selection of exhibits portrays the events and the people of Saxony's industrial past. Until 1945 Saxony was Germany's foremost industrial region and Chemnitz was the hub of industrial manufacturing. Many inventions and products from Saxony went on to take the whole world by storm.
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Working on creating a Periodic Table of the Elements in which each entry is a song:
Love is Like Oxygen – The Sweet
Gold – Spandau Ballet
Helium – Feeder
Titanium – David Guetta
Pocket full of Kryptonite?" http://t.co/dMtlfLFu
Radiohead 'My Iron Lung'?
Lithium – Nirvana, Iron Man – Black Sabbath, Boron Under A Bad Sign – Cream
Kraftwerk – Uranium, Titanium and Neon Lights all songs :-)
Maxwell's Silver Hammer, Iron Lung, Mercury (Bloc Party), Titanium (David Guetta)
Pencil Full of Lead – Paolo Nutini (even if inaccurate)?
Tin Soldier – Small Faces, Silver Machine – Hawkwind
"Copper" by Shellac? youtube.com/watch?v=H22upa…
"Einsten on a Beach" by Counting Crows for Einsteinium. Closest we're gonna get: youtu.be/fND8kuZlvKs
When You Ar(e )Gon(e) – Avril Lavigne, Neon Lights – OMD, Oxygen – Spice Girls, Mercury – Counting Crows
Arcade Fire, "Neon Bible." You get a whole album for periodic table, done by an Aristotelian element.
Oxygen by JJ72…easy one!
Iodine been waiting for a girl like you? #periodictablesongs
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Carbon, carbon, carbon chameleon
Neon Tiger – The Killers
Platinum Blond by Paris Hilton!
Oxygene by Jean-Michell Jarre
"Palladium Nights" Ray Barretto, "The Chlorine Vendor" Ed Kuepper, "Tin Machine" Tin Machine, "Antimony" Robert Miles, "Float In An Iridium Sea" Noisettes, "Barium Springs" New Radical Storm Kings.
George Clinton's Parliament "Osmium"
Mercury – Counting Crows
Sulfur – Slipknot
John Fowler – The Iodine Song
Dysprosium is a 5-piece melodic metal band based in the inner-eastern suburbs of Melbourne
Rhodium Records released an album by a band called Angry Chiwawah
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Laparoscopic Heller myotomy is a minimally invasive procedure that opens the tight lower esophageal sphincter (the valve between the esophagus and the stomach) by performing a myotomy (cutting the thick muscle of the lower part of the esophagus and the upper part of the stomach) to relieve the dysphagia (difficulty swallowing). Further, a Dor fundoplication (a partial wrapping of the stomach around the esophagus to make a low-pressure valve) is performed to prevent reflux from the stomach into the esophagus following the myotomy. There is a very small chance that patients may develop reflux despite Dor fundoplication and may need to be treated with antacid medication. This procedure results in a great symptomatic relief.
The steps of the operation are the following:
Five small incisions are made in the abdomen to allow insertion of a camera and working surgical instruments, as shown in the images below.
For the myotomy (cutting the muscle), the lower part of the esophagus and the upper part of the stomach are exposed and marked to accurately identify the location of the lower esophageal sphincter, as shown below.
The myotomy includes cutting of the muscular layer of the lower part of the esophagus and the upper part of the stomach (see images below) to completely open the lower esophageal sphincter and relieve dysphagia.
To prevent reflux from the stomach into the esophagus, a Dor fundoplication is performed by partially wrapping the stomach around the esophagus. The fundoplication covers the myotomy and makes a low pressure valve, as shown below.
Patients stay in the hospital for one night. They start drinking one day after surgery and are discharged home. They will follow dietary restrictions for about two weeks and can start advancing their diet after a clinic visit two weeks following the surgery. This procedure is routinely performed at the Memorial Hermann Southeast Esophageal Disease Center for the treatment of patients with achalasia.
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2. Richards WO, Torquati A, Holzman MD, et al. Heller myotomy versus Heller myotomy with Dor fundoplication for achalasia: a prospective randomized double-blind clinical trial. Ann Surg. 2004;240:405– 412; discussion 412–415.
3. Zaninotto G, Annese V, Costantini M, et al. Randomized controlled trial of botulinum toxin versus laparoscopic Heller myotomy for esophageal achalasia. Ann Surg. 2004;239: 364 –370.
4. Ruffato A, Mattioli S, Lugaresi ML, et al. Long-term results after Heller-Dor operation for oesophageal achalasia. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2006;29: 914–919.
5. Endoscopic and Surgical Treatments for Achalasia, A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, Guilherme M. Campos, MD, PhD, Eric Vittinghoff, PhD, Charlotte Rabl, MD, Mark Takata, MD, Michael Gadenstatter, MD, Feng Lin, MS, and Ruxandra Ciovica, MD, Ann Surg, Volume 249, Number 1, January 2009:45-57
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(Welcome) Home: that daily practiced space and mental image which has accompanied mankind through centuries. Ever our shelter from the rain as much as the fortress of our dwelling selfs. The abode of our constructed identities and repository of our material treasures. Home is where the day begins, home is where it ends. Enduring with the clichés, home is where we belong; where we are safe from the daily struggles of the outside world. Home is among those universally accepted places which we refer to without specifying a geographical location or a defining activity. Where are you?—I'm home. It is as simple as it spells...
Like many other social constructs which have endured through centuries, though, the home is a concept in constant change: It varies in space and time according to personal experiences, to social models, to the political forces by which it is governed. And even more so, it varies in relation to the technologies in which it is enmeshed. At present, the internet falls into that long strand of innovations which, in one way or another, leave their mark on domesticity. Whether in its fostering of global mobility or in how it has blurred boundaries between public and private, the internet is progressively diluting those typically bourgeouis traits which have sedimented over the last few centuries and which still inform our current, westernized, understanding of the home as a stable entity.
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The Night I Realized Bobby Valentine Was Clueless
The world remembers Game Two of the 2000 World Series for one thing, and one thing alone: Roger Clemens throwing the shattered bat of Mike Piazza at, or near, Mike Piazza.
But for me, standing at the far end of the Yankee dugout, covering the Series as part of the Fox telecast, the bat event was an asterisk to the real headline. Because that was the night that I became convinced Bobby Valentine didn't have the slightest idea what he was doing.
Lost in the Clemens saga still churning more than eleven years later, was a) the eight innings of two-hit ball he fired at the Mets (the back half of consecutive starts in which Clemens threw 17 playoff innings, gave up no runs, one hit batsman, two walks, three hits, and struck out 24 of the 58 batters he faced); b) the Mets' incredible ninth inning rally that almost gave Clemens a no-decision; and c) Valentine's decision during that inning, that might be the dumbest World Series managerial move since Casey Stengel completely messed up his 1960 pitching rotation.
Again, the context. Mostly because of their own baserunning lunkheadedness, plus the fact that Todd Zeile's fly ball missed being a home run by maybe eight inches, the Mets had lost the Opener of the Subway Series the night before. Now, in Game Two, Clemens had made them look nearly as bad as he had made the Seattle Mariners look eight days before. Oh, and even though Piazza thought Clemens had thrown a bat at him, neither he, nor Valentine, nor anybody else in a Met uniform had even retaliated, let alone charged the mound or anything.
So as the Mets came up in the top of the 9th, down 6-0, they were as dead as Jacob Marley's ghost in Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Clemens had exited, stage right, to go let the adrenalin drain out of his system (along with whatever else was in there). Coming off his best major league season, Jeff Nelson was brought in to face the heart of the Mets' order, and Joe Torre even took out David Justice for the slight defensive upgrade Clay Bellinger would represent in left.
But it did not exactly go to plan. Edgardo Alfonzo led off with a sharp single to left, and Piazza promptly got some delayed revenge by putting a Nelson pitch off the pole in left to cut it to 6-2. By this point, Torre had hastily gotten Mariano Rivera up. When Robin Ventura singled to make it three straight hits to start the ninth, Rivera was summoned, and nearly blew the game on the spot. Zeile hit another one to the wall in left, with the wind holding it up just enough to reduce it to a nice jumping Bellinger catch at the fence. But Benny Agbayani singled, and with Lenny Harris up, Jorge Posada lost a Rivera cutter and the runners moved up to second and third. Harris tapped back to Rivera who got Ventura at the plate, and the Mets were down to their final out – which was when Jay Payton walloped a massive three-run bomb off Mo and all of a sudden the Yankees' insurmountable 6-0 lead was now a 6-5 heart-stopper, with the Mets just a baserunner away from turning over the line-up and sending up sparkplug Timo Perez with the tying run on.
Please remember this specific fact: the Mets were down to their last out, but having scored five in the ninth and rattled Mariano Rivera, they now had a chance – no matter how small a chance – to pull off a split at Yankee Stadium with three coming up at Shea. You may also remember that in midseason they had lost their other-worldly defensive shortstop Rey Ordonez, and had been forced to trade utility wizard Melvin Mora to Baltimore for Mike Bordick. Bobby V had already pinch-hit for Bordick an inning earlier with Darryl Hamilton, and went to his back-up shortstop, Kurt Abbott. If for some inexplicable reason Valentine now chose to leave Abbott in to face Rivera, he would be sending a lamb to the slaughter. Abbott had never seen Rivera or his cutter before. He was a lifetime .256 hitter with a .304 on-base percentage. After this night, only fourteen more major league at bats awaited him, and that was mainly because despite a pretty good glove and a deceptive slugging percentage, Kurt Abbott just wasn't a major league hitter.
What happened next was explained at the time as a simple proposition. Bobby Valentine was out of shortstops, and, after all, Abbott had hit six homers during the regular season, in only 157 at bats. That none of them had been off a righthander since August 7, and that righthander was Jason Green (18 career minor league innings), and the other dingers had come off Terry Mulholland, Brian Bohanon, Jason Bere, Alan Mills, and Jose Mercedes, and that Abbott was carrying a 7-for-37 slump, seemed to have been left out of the equation.
More over, Valentine might have been out of slick shortstops, but he was hardly out of shortstops. He had at least seven defensive moves left. Joe McEwing had played four games at short for the Mets in 2000 and was still on the bench. McEwing, Matt Franco, and that night's DH Lenny Harris had all played third during the season, and Robin Ventura could've easily slid over to short if the Mets had pulled off the miracle of forcing a bottom of the 9th. If that move sounded too risky, McEwing and Harris had also played second, and could have gone there with Alfonzo switching to short. Still not comfortable with pinch-hitting for Abbott? Bubba Trammell had produced a pinch two-run single the night before off Andy Pettitte. Valentine would trust Trammell enough to start him in right in the Series' decisive game – he could have gone in to the outfield and Agbayani or Payton played first, with Todd Zeile going to third and Ventura to short. Or the same ploy could have been used with Harris, who played ten games at first for the '00 Mets.
But, no. Bobby V knew he didn't have any shortstops. So, having scored a remarkable five runs in the 9th – three of them off the greatest reliever the game would ever know – he sent up Kurt Abbott to try to finish the miracle. Imagine if the Mets had tied that game? Regardless of the outcome – even if the Yankees had promptly won it in the bottom of the inning thanks to an error by McEwing or Ventura at short or Bubba Trammell somewhere – the invincibility of the Yanks would have been punctured. Instead of a near-miss utterly overshadowed by the affair of Clemens And The Bat, it would have been the greatest ninth-inning comeback in World Series history.
Instead, inevitably, Kurt Abbott struck out. Looking.
The Mets lost the Series in five games, and until you just read this, it was unlikely that you remembered that "The Clemens/Piazza Game" ended with such an unlikely rally, cut short by a manager who wouldn't pinch-hit for his good-field no-hit back-up shortstop.
But Bobby Valentine is supposed to be a great in-game tactician. Just like he's supposed to be a no-nonsense skipper who'll instill discipline into a flabby Red Sox team – presumably teaching them to respect authority by returning to the dugout in an embarrassing disguise after he had been ejected by the umpires. Like you have to listen to the umpires or something. And don't tell me the Abbott decision is ancient history. As far as his major league managerial career goes, the decision to let Rivera eat Abbott alive was just 326 games ago.
Good luck, Red Sox fans.
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Mr. Olbermann is forgetting one important point: the Red Sox blunder takes Bobby V. and his incessant "commentating" off of Sunday Night Baseball. And for that, we all should be thankful.
I had completely forgotten how close the game was. I thought Mo was 100% lights out from 1998 until the bottom of the 9th in Game 7 of the 2001 World Series. I'm not sure that one incident makes Bobby V clueless, any more than Casey Stengel not starting Whitey Ford in Games 1, 4 and 7.
Yeah, but it got Casey fired.
After championships in '49, '50, '51, '52, '53, '56 and '58– so that was one costly home run by Bill Mazeroski because the Yankees almost won in spite of his bad decision.
Red Sox Nation will look back on this off-season as the beginning of the end…again. Not because they hired Bobby V but because Larry Lucchino finally got the reins of the organization, having vanquished Theo and Francona. And great timing too as Selig goes out with a new CBA that makes it almost impossible for a big market team like Boston to easily re-create its 2004-2011 ascendancy. The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away. All that remains is…Larry Lucchino. Welcome to him, RSN.
Managers blowing a call in the WS is nothing new and hardly as damning as some might make it out to be. It happens, and there are probably reasons Bobby did what he did that we don't know about.
This is what irks me about baseball analysis. One play, as crucial as that one was, does not define a person. Even Buckner was a great first baseman for the Sox, he got us to the series in 86. That one bad play overshadows all the other things he did, but he was still great for us.
There are reasons Grady Little left Pedro in the game in 2003. Probably ones we don't know about as well. Red Sox didn't like those reasons.
Timo Perez was hardly a spark plug, just one night after forgetting to run out Todd Ziele's non-home run.
All I ever think about with the Clemens/Piazza incident is what would have happened in a game against the 1967-68 St. Louis Cardinals, in a game in which Bob Gibson was pitching (you can substitute earlier Dodgers teams with Don Drysdale pitching or the 1969 Mets with Jerry Koosman pitching). What sort of mayhem would have transpired when the Yankees came up? The Mets gave up at that point. As a fan since 1962, I'm still ticked.
As a Mets fan, I also never liked Valentine's decision to give Leiter the Game 1 start over Hampton, thereby depriving Hampton (one of the game's best hitting pitchers during his prime) of pitching at Shea (and batting), which in a World Series of close games, could've made a difference.
Oh, I don't know. It's been 11 years. I get the sense that Bobby V has done some growing up since then, although I will readily admit it's more a gut feeling than anything. It could be worse, it could be Tony La Russa.
I recently watched the footage of that bat-throwing incident on an MLB special about the greatest games. I am glad the uniform does not include any other weapons! Keith, you wrote this on the birthday of another famous CLEMENS…Samuel! I thought this quote about baseball could teach Bobby V. something. As usual, your masterful style and dexterity with the language just blows me away! The film MONEYBALL is said to be a metaphor for life. Baseball certainly is! I thought there was no way one could truly love the game and yet remain "clueless" about life. But I could be wrong. Here's that quote:
"It was a project of mine to replace the tournament with something which might furnish an escape for the extra steam of the chivalry, keep those bucks entertained and out of mischief, and at the same time preserve the best thing in them, which was their hardy spirit of emulation. I had had a choice band of them in private training for some time, and the date was now arriving for their first public effort."
I think that should be "blow me away" as opposed to "blows me away"…English teachers! Dammit!
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As usual, KO has a personal vendetta against somebody and tries to cloak his hatred with misinformation. Payton 'whalloped' a 3-run HR???? Were you watching the game Keith? He got beat on a fastball and snuck one inside the pole, opposite field, for a classic Yankee STadium HR. It couldn't have traveled more then 320 feet. In every other park in MLB its an out. And are you really whining for Bubba Trammel? Please, that's just replacing 1 scrub for the next. As you pointed out Abbot had surprising power and he was hoping for a lucky blast. They weren't putting together another long rally to score.
Keith, you are an idiot and a fool. Go check the stats again. In game 1, Abbott faced Rivera and doubled off of him and almost won the game in the 9th. You are misleading people again. So bobby v made the RIGHT move by leaving in a player who had a 1.000 career batting average vs RIvera. Idiot.
Previous poster stole my thunder. Keith you are clearly way off base and need to post a retraction. Kurt Abbott faced Rivera the day before in game 1 and had a double off him. You obviously didnt do any research or remember game 1 before posting this obvious mistake. Shame on you, Keith. I was expecting better.
Didn't the BoSox know Vern Rapp is available. 😉
I mean, come on, Keith. You're using one managerial misstep to condemn an entire career. Say what you will about Bobby V, he is a smart in-game manager who looks for every advantage. I'm sure Torre, Francona, and – yes – Stengal have made moves that could be second-guessed or first-guessed.
He didn't send up a pinch-hitter this one time; he probably should have. Either way, his chances of still winning the game are remote. A little strong to say he is "clueless"
Does olberman respond to these posts? God forbid he admit his mistake and acknowledge that he screwed up not realizing abbott doubled off of rivera in game 1.
It's not just the personal vendetta against Valentine on display here, it's the lingering bitterness against the Sox for what happened with Tito. Anyone they would have hired would have been ripped by Keith; the fact that they hired Valentine just made Keith's knives even sharper.
As for the hire, it's only a 2-year deal, and nobody else out there looked great after Sveum was hired by the Cubs. Worth a roll of the dice.
I had forgotten that, and I would like to remind Keith and you all of something Leo Durocher said. He had a game, I believe during the regular season in 1954, in the bottom of the ninth where he sent up Dusty Rhodes to pinch-hit for his catcher–the only catcher he had available. Rhodes got the hit to win the game. Writers asked Leo, but what if Rhodes had made out and you had gone to the 10th without a catcher? Durocher said he didn't make an out, so what's the difference. Finally, he said something that should be etched above every manager's desk: If you're scared, go home.
Now to my Valentine story, a favorite because it involves his baseball mentor, Tommy Lasorda, who spent 20 years mismanaging the Dodgers. Lasorda had his heart attack and retired to a vice-presidency, but the rumor was that wasn't his idea and he really wanted to come back–and supposedly did everything he could to make his successor, Bill Russell, miserable–or at least have a real position and not just a ceremonial one (meaning the general manager's job). After Valentine got the Mets job, he floated the story that he would like to talk with Lasorda about being his bench coach. Now, as close as they are, would Valentine have said it if that wasn't what Lasorda wanted? If you say yes, you are urinating in my ear and telling me it's raining. Step two: Fred Claire, the Dodgers GM, said in response that Tommy would always have a place with the Dodgers, but they wouldn't stand in his way if a better opportunity came along. No more was ever heard of it.
I'm getting more disgusted as we go on. First they let the best manager we ever had go, now they are trashing him on the way out.
Bobby V is the answer? The new Messiah? I doubt it.
Bad move Sox, looks like we go back to being "the great pretenders" instead of "the great contenders".
Keith makes a decent argument, but if you're going to nitpick that point, you can pretty much claim no manager alive has any clue. A bigger mistake Valentine made was not pinch running for Todd Pratt in game 1 in the 9th inning. A fast runner could have then scored on Kurt Abbot's double off of Rivera (yes Kurt Abbot doubled off Rivera in game 1, KO neglects to mention). The Mets then would have had a 2 run lead and won (and then who knows?). All managers make idiotic mistakes, like bunting in the first inning, bunting with a guy on 2nd and no one out, and refusing to bring in their closers during tie games on the road. They also overvalue "saving" their back up catcher in case there is a fluke injury. These are universal mistakes that all managers make. Valentine did a really good job in '99 and '00 with Met teams that overachieved. They didn't have a ton of talent up and down the roster.
His mistake was entrusting Armando Benitez to close the door.
Keith's mistake was starting with a conclusion and then selecting only information that led him there.
I expect hatchet jobs from an axegrinder like Murray Chass, but come on.
Thank you, thank you, thank you. Earlier this week, I told a fellow Mets fan, "Bet the farm on the Red Sox finishing 2nd." Valentine is so overrated, especially his Mets tenure.
The whole, "He did great with the talent he had" is a total load of b.s. Yes, the outfield was largely a bunch of nobodies, but come one. If slipping into the Wild Card by the skin of your teeth is the best you can do with the Best Infield Ever and a Hall of Famer in the clean-up spot, you are not a great manager. And how come no one ever speaks of the ridiculous end of the '98 season, the original Collapse? Valentine's Mets started slow, got hot in the middle, and limped to the end–EVERY YEAR. That anyone considers him even an above-average manager is mind-boggling.
Also, thank you for this:
"Oh, and even though Piazza thought Clemens had thrown a bat at him, neither he, nor Valentine, nor anybody else in a Met uniform had even retaliated, let alone charged the mound or anything."
THAT, more than any other moment, is when the Mets lost that series. It showed the world that Piazza and the Mets were the helpless little brother, and no matter how or how much the Yankees wanted to push them around and bully them, they were just going to stand there and take it. People always ask, "But what if Piazza throws a punch and gets suspended?" My answer is always, "Worst case, the Mets lose in 4 games instead of 5."
If I had a time machine and could change certain moments in Mets history, after I got done telling Gooden to throw a different pitch to Scioscia, I'd head straight to Piazza's at-bat vs. Clemens. Piazza would charge the mound, connect with a right hook, and Yankees (and the world) would know the Mets weren't going to take anything lying down.
Absolutely right. What would have happened if Valentine had gone to Hampton and said "You know what you've got to do" the way Gil Hodges said to Jerry koosman on night in 1969 after Bill Hands dusted Tommie Agee? Koosman went way inside on Ron Santo (who richly deserves his HOF induction, by the way) and probably won the pennant for the Mets with that pitch.
Dave Zirin had a good piece on BV today ( http://www.edgeofsports.com/2011-12-05-670/index.html ).
Sorry Red Sox fans, It sounds like it's going to be a long, entertaining year.
As Warner Wolf says, "Let's go to the video tape … and Diane Sawyer was at the game."
The Red Sox are going to win the World Series.
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Too bad.
KO was wrong.
Bobby is "never afraid" to pull a player from a critical defensive with no replacement. What he does is that he throws "caution to the wind to win the game at that moment."
If you don't believe it, just ask him.
About that, or anything else in the universe.
He'll be happy to share some of his infinite knowledge with any of the lesser mortals.
And if you have time, he'll be happy to recount for you how he won any of the division titles he competed for during his – what is it? – fifteen year career managing in the major leagues.
His memory is not what it used to be though. So don't ask him about any years in which his teams led the league in walks. Or errors. Or any other fundamental of defense.
And don't bring up any of that nonsense about how the Texas Rangers acquired the reputation of not being able to win once July rolled around. Remember – it was just too hot in the late summer for any team that played outside in Texas to win a division. The heat was just too brutal, it drained the players over the course of the long season. By the time September rolled around, the players just had nothing left. At least until John Oates showed up.
So get off of Bobby's back. The Red Sox are clearly on their way to the top of the AL East. For a couple of months, anyway.
Besides, if the bottom fell out after that, Lucchino has an out. After all, he's not responsible – it's not like he's the general manger, or anything. And he has plenty of transcribers in the local media to make sure that we all know whose fault it really is.


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Last night I started on "Twigs & Berries". Merino is wonderful to spin with. I split the roving just in four long pieces, to get long color repeats. I'd like to Navajo ply it. Hopefully the singles will not break. We'll see.
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Christmas came early!
Last night I started on "Twigs & Berries". Merino is wonderful to spin with. I split the roving just in four long pieces, to get long color repeats. I'd like to Navajo ply it. Hopefully the singles will not break. We'll see.
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- sgeddes said...
I love to look at ice form winter storms! It makes for such pretty pictures. I just hope everyone is okay and safe.
You were right about those fibers! So pretty. I'll have to check out her oline shop and see if she ships to the US. That batch you are working on now looks wonderful. The colors are so pretty.
- December 12, 2007 10:15 a.m.
- picperfic said...
your yarn does look yummy...made me want to learn to spin more than ever now!
- December 12, 2007 10:19 a.m.
- Elemmaciltur said...
When can I come live with you and pet your stash? :-p
- December 12, 2007 10:20 a.m.
- Teresa said...
I like how that twigs and berries is spinning up! Wow. That would be a great hat or scarf! I'm liking that roving on the bottom on the left..the bright colored one. It's beautiful! I like the multicolored rovings much better than the plain. I've got a bunch of plain and it's kind of boring. :(
Don't worry I don't hate you...I just envy you a lot! :D
- December 12, 2007 10:28 a.m.
- Yarn Devil said...
I love all your fibre!! And what gorgeous colourways!!!! Sooo beautiful!!! :D
- December 12, 2007 10:36 a.m.
- Tracy Purtscher said...
You said, "Please don't hate me, because I've got the most wonderful fiber stash! ;o)"
I can't think of a better reason. ;o) Woman, you are killing me here. I'm going to be dreaming of those rovings all day long!!!
- December 12, 2007 10:42 a.m.
- hakucho said...
Beautifu fiber and yarn!! You'll be very busy now with all this new loot :)
- December 12, 2007 11:06 a.m.
- Irene said...
When I see the delicious yarns you manage to make I get very itchy fingers!!!
- December 12, 2007 11:41 a.m.
- Knittypants said...
Love the fiber in the top right corner, the colors are just gorgeous.
I am a winter girl, too. Summer is just too hot!
- December 12, 2007 1:26 p.m.
- Cloudberry said...
The ice make it pretty though! But I'm glad we don't have it here, hate to drive the car when it's ice on the roads...
Your yarn looks beautiful!
- December 12, 2007 2:52 p.m.
- Carrie K said...
Ice and snow and cold! It sounds lovely. -20 though? Jeepers, I'm cold at 50 F.
Wow, that fiber looks scrumptious. I will be strong though! I will not learn to spin! Yet.
- December 12, 2007 3:08 p.m.
mensch Monika - da schlägt ja das Herz jeder Spinnerin höher - gaaanz tolle Farben........
Liebe Grüsse von einer leicht neidischen - Manuela - zwinker
- December 12, 2007 3:23 p.m.
- Maggie said...
Thanks, Monika! That's a huge compliment! :)
- December 12, 2007 4:57 p.m.
- Strickfimmel said...
Die Farben sind traumhaft! Jetzt kann ich verstehen, warum Dich das Spinnen nicht losläßt. Es kribbelt mir immer mehr in den Fingern und ich erwische mich dabei, daß ich im Internet nach Spinnrädern Ausschau halte?!
- December 12, 2007 10:11 p.m.
- Margaret said...
What wonderful colors! This will be so much fun to see them all as you spin them.
- December 12, 2007 10:36 p.m.
It is a beautiful stash indeed. Lovely colors.
Nice picture of the ice!
- December 13, 2007 7:30 a.m.
- T-Mom said...
(whimper) It's all so beautiful!
- December 13, 2007 12:28 p.m.
- Angelika said...
Wow, all of that fluff. You are planning on having a long winter? Lots of time to spin and then to knit it all up. No fair, you get play with it twice.
- December 13, 2007 8:51 p.m.
- Kat said...
You vile temptress, you!! Those rovings are making me drool.
Good luck with the singles not breaking when you ply! I just wound off some singles I'd been working on for waaay too long and one section kept breaking on me (over and over....) but you're a much better spinner than I am, so I'm sure you'll be just fine!
- December 13, 2007 9:36 p.m.
- Violiknit said...
What a gourmet fiber feast for the eyes! I love your icicle picture.
- December 19, 2007 3:14 p.m.


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KDE Installer for Windows
You can use this installer to download and install the various binary packages that you need to run KDE applications on MS Windows. KDE is free and open source so you can build all the applications "from scratch" from their source code; but as a convenience for others, volunteers create these pre-compiled packages and make them available on the Internet.
Disclaimer These are early days for KDE4 on Windows, some programs work better than others and some fail to run altogether.
If you experience any problems please have a look into our mailing list.
You can also use the KDE Installer for Windows to install source code and the packages that you need to build KDE4 on Windows (although if you are building KDE4 on Windows you may prefer to use the emerge system to build KDE and its requirements from latest source); see Getting Started/Build/Windows.
Summary of Steps
- Download and save the latest version of the installer from here to a directory, e.g. C:\KDE4
- Run the installer, download and install what you need (see Download needed packages below).
- Try to run a KDE application from the windows start menu (see for KDE x.x.x Release entry)
Download needed packages
When you run KDE-installer for the first time, you'll see the welcome screen. Since it's your first launch leave the checkbox below unchecked.
Proceed to the next screen, where you choose the KDE4 installation directory. It can be anything you prefer, e.g. C:\KDE4.
On the next screen, define who you are: End User or Developer. The End User installation installs only binary packages and libraries needed to run KDE application. Package Manager mode provides you also with the source code for all packages needed to build KDE from scratch.
Then you need to decide what compiler to use - MinGW or MSVC.
Proceed to the next screen and there choose the directory where all the downloaded packages will be stored. Let it be something like C:\KDE4-tmp or C:\KDE4-packages.
The next screen will ask you to choose your internet connection type, particularly whether or not you're using a proxy. If you don't use a proxy server, just click 'Next'. If you are unsure of whether you're using proxy or if you have web browser configured to work with it properly, choose the second or the third option, according to your favourite web-browser. If you'd like to set all the settings manually - choose the last option and go ahead.
When you click the 'Next' button the (currently, rather short) list of available servers will be loaded and you could choose the one closest to you.
When you click 'Next', a list of available releases on the selected server will be shown. Depending on the server there may be stable and/or unstable release available. Some unstable releases may only be available from www.winkde.org because the kde mirrors provides only a limited range of unstable releases.
After selecting a release an a click on the 'Next' button, the list of all available packages will be loaded and processed, providing you with the list of package groups you can select for further installation. The short description next to each group of packages should make your choice easier. Select the packages you need. Proceed to the next screen.
Here you can see all the required dependencies, or software necessary to support the choices you've made. Click 'Next' to download them all.
After all the packages are downloaded they'll be unpacked and processed by the installer.
The final window will tell that your KDE installation for Windows is complete.
Issues with KDE Installer for Windows
If something goes wrong during installation, for example a file can't be replaced because it is still in use, the installer may still report successful completion. If you see any alert or failure message from the installer, when it completes, quit and re-run it.
If that didn't help and you think it's a bug, please report to [1]
Testing your installation
Navigate to the bin directory.
See if you can run the Qt program assistant.exe. Qt programs have fewer dependencies than a full-blown KDE application.
If that works, try running a simple KDE application, such as lskat.exe from the kdegames package.
Look into your start menu: there will be a new entry KDE 4.XX.XX Release. Below that folder you can find all the apps you installed.
Startup, shutdown, and diagnosing problems
The first KDE program you run should automatically invoke kdeinit4.exe, the KDE initialization app, which starts background KDE applications and services like dbus-daemon, klauncher and kded4.
The first time you save or open, another background application, kioslave, will start.
These background KDE applications and services remain running after you close KDE applications. If you want you can shut them down by running kdeinit4 --terminate from a command prompt.
You can run kdeinit4 --list from a command prompt to see what processes are running. kdeinit4 has other useful options documented elsewhere.
Common step: editing the kdeglobals file
Unless otherwise stated you make all the setting changes below by editing the kdeglobals file in the directory %APPDATA%\.kde\share\config\ with any text editor (such as kwrite). (Note that for versions older than 4.0.85 the file is in %USERPROFILE%\.kde\share\config\kdeglobals.) %APPDATA% (and %USERPROFILE%) is different for different Windows users/versions/locales; in a command prompt, entering the command cd %APPDATA% will switch to it, effectively telling you what it is.
Set Oxygen style for widgets
The default KDE widget style on Windows is the native one. The Oxygen style installs with basic KDE installation (as a plugin library %KDEROOT%\lib\kde4\plugins\styles\oxygen.dll), so it can be used as well. To set it for a single user:
- edit kdeglobals
- locate the General section (a line containing the text "[General]"). If there is no General section, create one.
- Within the General section ([General]), edit the line containing widgetStyle=.... so that it reads widgetStyle=oxygen. If there is no such widgetStyle=... line, create it.
Newly started applications should be displayed with the Oxygen style now.
Set Tahoma (Windows default font) for widgets
To set it for a single user:
- edit kdeglobals
- locate the General section (a line containing the text "[General]"). If there is no General section, create one.
- Within the General section ([General]), add these two lines:
Newly started applications should use this font now. Note: this works for any font you have installed.
Change the mouse to Double Click
To change the mouse to use double click:
- Add a new section with a line:
<syntaxhighlighting lang="ini"> [KDE] SingleClick=false </syntaxhighlighting> Newly started applications (Dolphin and Konqueror) should use double click now.
Change locale and country settings
From KDE Release 4.5.4 onwards KDE should automatically detect the correct country and language to use. If it detects the wrong country or language, or you want your KDE apps to use a different locale than your Windows system, then you will need to manually set the country by either installing the kdebase-workspace package and running SystemSettings, or by manually editing your kdeglobals file.
For earlier versions you will need to manually set the country and locale in your kdeglobals file.
To manually change your locale settings in your kdeglobals file, add a new section with the lines:
<syntaxhighlighting lang="ini"> [Locale] Country=xx Language=zz </syntaxhighlighting>
Replace xx with your lowercase ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 Country Code, e.g. pl for Poland. Replace zz with your lowercase ISO 639-1 alpha-2 Language Code, e.g. pl for Polish. You also need to install your selected KDE language localization package.
Change native/KDE file dialogs
To chose native or KDE file dialog:
- Add a new section with the lines:
[KFileDialog Settings]
Either set Native to true or false.


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There's a new Rooney Mara profile in the NYT Times magazine. She doesn't call herself aloof this time. No, she doesn't. But the word does appear in a list of words the writer cites as adjectives that have been used in the past to describe her. Which is why Rooney had to come up with something new…?
I promise you, I tried.
As I kept reading, I tried very hard to quell my Rooney Mara exasperation.
I tried not to make this face:
But then this happened – Rooney Mara talked about herself:
"In high school, people thought I was stuck-up because I didn't talk to anyone. It was just because I was shy and scared, but I think because I'm super-self-possessed that it doesn't come across as scared so much as stuck-up. I would hear what people thought and be like, 'No! I'm actually nice!' " She laughs, rolls her eyes. "But now people can think whatever they want."
Super self-possessed…
Might actually be worse than aloof.
Isn't the person who calls herself super self-possessed perhaps lacking in self-possession?
Who actually says that? Who actually tells people they're "self-possessed"? It's like saying, "I'm pretty".
The person who self-describes as "self-possessed" is the same person who then goes on to compare her career to her sister's:
"My sister started acting when she was young. But I just knew I didn't want to be a child actor. I knew I wanted to go to school and wanted to start when I was older, so I would be taken seriously."
You know how Duana's been all over the Mara sisters and their relationship? Click here for a refresher. Well, she might be right. And if she's not right, Rooney Mara might want to work on her communication skills. Because it smells condescending, doesn't it? And perhaps a little …defensive? It's like being self-possessed and then pointing it out to people. If you want to be taken seriously, and you're so self-possessed, maybe stop telling people you want to be taken seriously and that you're self-possessed?
The rest of it is as you would expect. Rooney, who's all about keeping the mystery, so that you think you know her but you really don't, offers up exactly the kind of deliberately quirky details and anecdotes that you would expect from a "serious, self-possessed, and mysterious" young actress:
She wants to speak French or Spanish, sew and quilt, and ballroom dance. In other words, everything that's old and anti-Twitter, like typewriters and fountain pens, yellow photographs and travel by carriage. So, like, COMPLETELY original.
Click here to read the full Rooney Mara piece. And click here to watch Mara being self-possessed during her photo-shoot.


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We are proud that the See the Light® program is recognized by top industry training certification organizations. Our shared commitment to deliver the most up-to-date fiber optic training in the industry ensures that you will always receive the quality training that you expect from Corning. Below is a listing of the organizations currently certifying our programs and training courses. Please check individual programs and course descriptions for the certifications associated with each offering.
BICSI established its credential programs to provide a level of assurance to the industry and to consumers that an individual has knowledge in a designated area of information technology systems (ITS) design or installation. BICSI professional designations are valued internationally and are recognized throughout the ITS industry. More information on BICSI and the certifications offered can be found at www.bicsi.org.
Electronics Technicians Association (ETA International)
ETA represents the electronics industry, from the technician and educator to the corporate institution. Widely known for electronics certification programs and accredited by the International Certification Accreditation Council (ICAC), ETA helps electronics technicians advance their knowledge and excel in their fields; while connecting employers to qualified electronics professionals. Corning is recognized as an approved certifier of ETA. To find out more about ETA visit www.eta-i.org.
Electrical Training Alliance
The electrical training ALLIANCE (previously called NJATC) was created over 70 years ago as a joint training program between the National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA) and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) aimed at training the best electrical workers the industry has to offer. Today, the electrical training ALLIANCE has developed into the largest apprenticeship and training program of its kind, having trained over 350,000 apprentices to journeyman status through local affiliate programs. To find out more about the electrical training ALLIANCE, visit www.electricaltrainingalliance.org.
Fiber Optic Association (FOA)
The FOA is a international nonprofit educational organization that is chartered to promote professionalism in fiber optics through education, certification and standards. It was founded in 1995 by a dozen prominent fiber optics trainers and industry personnel as a professional society for fiber optics and a source of independent certification. Corning is currently listed as an FOA approved training school. To find out more about the FOA visit www.thefoa.org.


text: Note: the failure of this install was not Spaloo's fault — our contractor messed up installing the toilet itself along with the electricity and his failures did not allow me to wash my bum correctly. You cannot believe how much I wanted to install this. I think what I'll do is install it in the new bathroom we're putting in here in my attic. I was really crying at the end.


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Maryland's home for Terrapin Athletics was completed in the fall of 2002 and has already provided 11 seasons of toppled attendance records and memories on the hardwood. XFINITY Center provides a seating capacity of 17,950 fans for basketball, and serves as the home of Maryland gymnastics, as well as a campus site for university special events and select community events.
The Terrapins' first public basketball event was its 2002 Midnight Madness celebration, which has grown to one of the premier student events of the academic year. In its first season, 281,057 fans were on hand to witness Terrapin basketball games for a per-game average of 17,566 as the Terrapins finished fifth in the nation. The Terps went on to finish fifth in the nation once again in 2003-04, with a school-record 287,200 spectators packing the arena for 16 full sellouts and a capacity per-game average of 17,950. Maryland drew 299,391 fans to XFINITY Center during the 2004-05 season, again setting a school record.
In 2007-08, 341,050 fans came to the 19 home games at XFINITY Center, setting a school record for per-game average at 17,950. Last year, Maryland ranked seventh in the nation in home attendance and welcomed its two-millionth fan in the seven seasons the
Terrapins have played in their sparkling new home.
The honored jersey numbers the greatest men's and women's basketball players in school history, as well as banners commemorating the 2002 men's national championship and 2006 women's national championship, hang high above the court in XFINITY Center's rafters. The 2004 ACC men's tournament championship banner was added in the fall of 2004 and was joined by the 2009 ACC women's tournament championship banner in the fall of 2009.
Twenty suites provide enhanced viewing and entertainment capabilities for Maryland fans. Maryland's student section accommodates 4,000 of the Terps' perennial ardent supporters. Students fill the first 10 rows that ring the arena floor and a majority of seats on the arena's west wall - which at an intimidating 35-degree incline provides the Terrapins' with a unique home court advantage.
XFINITY Center houses the university's athletics administration offices and includes a 7,000-square-foot Academic Support Center, providing an enhanced study atmosphere for the school's student-athletes on 20 teams. An additional 1,500-seat gymnasium serves as home to the Terps' volleyball and wrestling teams, and Sprint Heritage Hall multi-purpose room is equipped to host banquets, press conferences, meetings and serve as a pregame restaurant suite overlooking the competition arena.
XFINITY Center is an excellent place for alumni and fans to enjoy their favorite sports and share in their common Terrapin spirit. Visitors can learn about the men and women who have forged the Maryland Athletics program among the nation's elite as they stroll through the Terrapin Walk of Fame and History. The Terrapin Team Store, located just off the soaring three-level atrium lobby, allows visitors to outfit their pride.
Maryland has once again reclaimed the status of having the best student activities center and arena in the country.


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The adult film star who was with Charlie Sheen the night of his Plaza Hotel meltdown is talking, and the picture she paints of the "Two and a Half Men" star is an ugly one.
Capri Anderson, 22, spoke with both "Good Morning America" and "Nightline," telling the ABC shows that Sheen was out of control from early on the night of Oct. 26. She said she was hired to escort the actor to dinner.
"He was, from the beginning of the night, very loud and he had no hesitations when it came to using derogatory language or cuss words," Anderson said of Sheen.
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"Towards the latter half of the night, it got really bad. He started yelling racial slurs," she continued. "But it wasn't until he put his hands around my neck that I really thought to myself, you have gotten yourself in a bad, bad situation."
According to a press release from ABC, Anderson will claim she was offered hush money to keep quiet about the night Sheen went off the deep end. The star's crazy behavior started when she met him and they went to a fancy Manhattan French restaurant with Sheen's ex-wife, Denise Richards, and an entourage of the actor's pals.
When the hotel room hijinks was going on, Richards was in a nearby room with their children. The hotel called cops around 2 a.m., and when police arrived, they found Sheen naked and out of control, reportedly claiming someone took his wallet. The actor reportedly caused $7,000 damage to the room.
Anderson, who said she was locked in the bathroom while Sheen continued his rampage, said she plans to file charges against the 45-year-old actor.
"I'm not going to stand down and be completely walked over, mistreated," she said. "My whole life has been changed."
Anderson said Sheen, who earlier this year pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault of his then-wife Brooke Mueller last Christmas, should have to answer for his actions.
"I think that this story and this treatment sends a message in itself and this is clearly something that's not right," Anderson said. "It's not right to hurt people. It's not right to scare people. It's not right to carry on with such disregard for the people around you."
Selected Reading: Popeater, New York Post, ABC News.


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Open Studio with the Art Students League of Grand Lake
December 26, 2019 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm MST
An event every week that begins at 9:00 am on Thursday, repeating until December 26, 2019
The Art Students League of Grand Lake An organization whose purpose is to provide local artists of all levels from beginner to professional with a stimulating and educational environment in which to develop their art. Primarily focused on 2-D easel drawing and painting, the students meet once a week on Thursdays from 9 a.m.- 12 p.m. and the cost is $5 per session to help cover the room rental fee. Each student is expected to bring their own equipment and supplies. If you want to learn how to draw, mix and use colors, include composition basics in your pictures, improve your skills, learn new techniques, or get help on particular artistic problems, this is the place for you. There is no better way to explore and develop your craft than by interacting with other artist!


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Not only does our church body seem to be popping with a lot of new babies on the way, but it seems as though there are tons of weddings coming up this year. I usually keep several varieties on hand but when a cute idea comes my way I can't resist making it up. This idea came from Celisa on the stampinconnection.
What a fun idea – no stamping except for the sentiment on the inside
Accessories: Dot Embossing Folder, Finial Press Embossing Folder, Big Shot, Texture Plate Kit #4, 5/8" White Satin Ribbon, 1/4" Black Gingham Ribbon, Half Pearls from the Pretties Kit, Dimensionals, Full Heart Punch, Mini Glue Dots
Love, Love, Love this idea!
So For Now…
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Some take heart, others say seminar is depressing
A standing-room-only crowd of more than 400 growers at the Citrus Research and Education Center this week testified to the increasingly desperate search for new tools to control the deadly citrus greening disease sweeping across Florida.
"It speaks volumes to the concern over citrus greening and wanting to hear something positive," said Harold Browning, chief operating officer at the Citrus Research and Development Foundation Inc., the lead agency in the research effort against greening and a seminar sponsor along with Lakeland-based growers organization, the Florida Citrus Mutual.
Some local growers did not get what they wanted to hear.
"I don't know how long we can stay in business," said Gene Paul of Bob Paul Citrus Inc. in Winter Haven, which has about 2,000 grove acres in Highlands and Hendry counties. "This seminar is not invigorating; it's depressing."
Others saw hope for the future.
"We're still supposed to be doing what we're already doing," said Frank Hunt III of Hunt Bros. Inc. in Lake Wales, a family company with about 5,000 acres in Polk and Collier counties. "But we're encouraged for the future."
The growers came to the seminar to hear a summary of scientific presentations given during the International Research Conference on HLB during the week of Feb. 4 in Orlando. Many scientists refer to greening as HLB, the acronym for the disease's Chinese name, huanglongbing, where it originated.
Several participants said they were most excited about nine antimicrobial chemicals that preliminary research shows can counteract or even eliminate the greening bacteria in a citrus tree without any toxic effects to the plant. The chemicals can be sprayed or injected into the tree or root system, Browning said.
Further research over the next year seeks to identify the chemical that work best against the bacteria in Florida conditions. Once identified, the foundation would need a partner willing to pick up the costs of regulatory approval and manufacturing the chemical.
Some of the promising antimicrobials are "lightly regulated" natural substances that should not require extensive regulatory review by state and federal agencies and could be available to growers soon, Browning said.
Others could require several years of regulatory review by federal agencies including the Department of Agriculture, the Federal Trade Commission and the Environmental Protection Agency, he said. The review would also mean millions of dollars more in additional testing.
Growers currently rely on enhanced foliar nutrition, a program of intensive spray fertilizers that replace many of the minor nutrients greening robs from a citrus tree and counteracts the disease's effects, including defoliation and bitter fruit.
But enhanced nutrition does not stop the disease's spread or completely counteract greening effects on the tree or to the fruit, said Steve Futch, a citrus extension agent at the Lake Alfred center.
Research has shown greening affects juice quality, including a "lingering metallic taste," he said. It affects early season Hamlin oranges more than late-season Valencia oranges.
Enhanced nutrition has not successfully counteracted premature fruit drop, which growers have discovered in the 2012-13 season, Futch said.
This season's premature drop of Hamlins was the highest in 43 years.
Michael Rogers, an entomologist at the Lake Alfred center, reported one of the more discouraging findings.
Since greening first surfaced in Florida in 2005, entomologists have focused on controlling the Asian citrus psyllid as the host of the greening bacteria and primary cause of its spread.
Research has found another Florida insect, the striped mealybug, also hosts the greening bacteria and can spread the disease, Rogers said. However, the mealybug does not acquire the bacteria or spread it as efficiently as psyllids.
Rogers and Futch agreed the best strategy for controlling greening remains enhanced nutrition combined with regular insecticide spraying to keep psyllid populations down.


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PVS14 P 3rd Gen Pinnacle Autogated 10 Year Warranty
See the PVS14 High Performance HP+ model for a unit with higher specifications that is often on sale for about the same price as this P+ model with lower tube specifications.
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Unit can be head mounted, helmet mounted, mounted on a WEAPON or handheld! Very versatile unit.
Quality night vision can mean the difference between winning or losing the battle, over seeing someone waiting in ambush for you or not. Quality night vision allows you to make a safer bug out AT NIGHT. The folks that really take survival seriously understand that night vision is more than just another "toy."
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- Optional Accessories available- Helmet mount, weapons mount, 3X magnifier, Night Vision compass.
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This system complies with MIL-PRF-49324(CR), MIL-PRF-49427(CR) and MIL-STD-810G.
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**James Rawles, editor of "SurvivalBlog.com" had this to say about these units on 11/25/09 "I should mention that I personally purchased one of these units from JRH, and I love it. It is very versatile, since it can be used as a weapon sight (lined up behind a Aimpoint Comp M3), or with the flip of a throw lever be used hand-held, and then with the provided head mount it can be used as a hands-free monocular. The quick detach and consistent return to zero feature has turned my dedicated night-fighting rifle into a true day/night rifle. This is the Hotel Sierra set-up!"
What are other customers saying about these units?
- "Hi Robert; PVS14s arrived on time and they're *BEAUTIFUL*, without a flaw in either of them...*THANK YOU SO MUCH* -RM in CA.
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